The WORKING PEOPLE'S LIBRARY (WPL) is an autonomous not-for-profit project of individual members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and Bayou La Rose. These books has been written, edited and published by IWW members. Though we all support the ideas and the organization of the IWW, WPL publications may include ideas and views that go beyond the agreed upon official ideas and views of the IWW.
The purpose of the WPL is to provide literature written by working people for working people. One of the important steps in our class struggle is for working people to learn to speak for ourselves and to no longer depend upon those outside of our class to speak for us. To aid in this goal the WPL will produce working class literature that seeks to unite our class and stands against all that is used to divide our class, such as; racism, sexism, ageism, nationalism and other such elements of working class divisions.
Titles by Arthur J Miller - Available Online:
- Berry Picking in Oregon
- On Communication
- On Developing Working Class Environmentalism
- The Dignity of Labor
- A Dinosaur's Tale
- Down at the Low Dive Cafe
- The Fate Of The New Carissa
- The Legacy of Bunker Hill Mine
- No One is Illegal
- Not One Day Longer
- Remembeing Old Fiddlin' Dan
- Riding a Wildcat Down
- Turnaround in Oil
- Truckin' Into Reality
- We, the Workers
- Why do They Take So Much and Leave Us With So Little?
Essays by Gilbert Mers...............$3.00
A collection of working class essays by an Elder of the labor movement, radical longshoreman and Wobbly. Essays include: On Scabbing: Who's The Real Enemy?, The Single Issue, The Strike Committee, A Little Working Class Sense, On The Question Of Working Class Violence, Answer to a Review of "Working The Waterfront", A little Bit More Working Class Sense, and An Open Letter To Some Of Our Liberal/Left Periodicals.
2. INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM
By Arthur J. Miller..........................$3.00
A maritime worker's view of why International Industrial Unionism is needed today. Chapters include: Working People Have Much In Common, The Historical Development Of Unionism, The Continuing Defects Of Modern Business Unions, The Modern Reliance Of International Industrial Unionism, The Basic Formula Of International Industrial Unionism, The Basic Organizational Structure Of International Industrial Unionism, Industrial Training, International Industrial Union Strategies And Operations, And The International Commonwealth Of Toil.
3. UPON THE BACKS OF LABOR: UNRULY WORKING CLASS ESSAYS
By Arthur J. Miller.......................$10.00
A collection of radical work places stories (hard rock mining industry, truck driving, farm labor, oilrigs and Hazmat labor) and commentaries. Chapters include: Why Do They Take So Much And Leave Us With So Little?, We, The Workers, Riding A Wildcat Down, Berry Picking In Oregon, The Legacy Of The Bunker Hill Mine, Truckin' Into Reality, Remembering Old Fiddin' Dan, What Ever Happened To The Eight-Hour Day? The Fate Of The New Carissa, Turnaround In Oil, On Developing Working Class Environmentalism, On Communication, A Dinosaur's Tale, Blazing A Path Through Reality To Our Dreams, No One Is Illegal, An Open Letter To The FBI, May Day 2000, There Will Be No Separate Peace!, and Not One Day Longer.
4. YARDBIRD BLUES: 20 YEARS OF A WOBBLY IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
By Arthur J. Miller.......................$10.00
A collection of writings on the maritime industry including: breaking in to the industry, unionism, strikes, conditions, health and safety, and environmental concerns. Introduction by Carlos Cortez.
5. THE I.W.W. SPEAKS: ANTHOLOGY OF OFFICIAL LITERATURE OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD..............................$6.00This anthology includes: The I.W.W.-The ABCs of Revolutionary Unionism, by
Morgan Miller. The General Strike, by Ralph Chaplin. Solidarity-The I.W.W.
and the Industrial Union Movement in America. You are the Union-Membership
in the I.W.W. The Role of the Dual Carder in the I.W.W. A New Union Vision,
by Arthur J. Miller.
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